Canadian Cyclist Editor Rob Jones complains below that the CCA did nothing about Andre Aubut's conduct towards Genevieve Jeanson. Did Mr. Jones do anything?
Did he publish what he witnessed at the time?
Or did Mr. Jones adopt his typical posture of burying his head in the sand and seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil, as he does with all the other problems in the sport?
Rob Jones wants others to act yet he does nothing but pander to advertisers and paint his rosy but false picture of the sport which is in freefall in Canada.
What did you do Rob?
From CC:
Editor's Note: I witnessed similar behaviour at the 2001 National Road Championship in Dieppe, New Brunswick. After losing by a few seconds to Lyne Bessette in the time trial, Jeanson disappeared behind the school where the race headquarters were situated. I headed around the corner to interview her, and came upon a confrontation between Jeanson and Aubut.
Aubut was yelling and gesticulating at Jeanson, who stood there with her head hung. She eventually handed him her radio, which he flung back at her, hitting her in the chest.
I went to a senior staff member with the Canadian team explaining what I had seen, and asking if there was some action that could be taken. He looked very depressed, shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said that there was nothing they could do, that the parents supported Aubut and that they couldn't get anywhere.